Charlie Lewis
Reporter @theshufflediary
Charlie writes about industrial relations, politics and culture. Prior to Crikey he worked across government and unions and was a researcher on RN's the Daily Planet. He hosted the Alternative History on Triple R, and is an occasional host on Breakfasters.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions' call for a living wage in Australia goes against what they've asked for for the last 20 years, according to one of Australia's pre-eminent workplace academics.
Greens Senator Nick McKim, the only Australian politician on Manus to watch the detention centre close, calls it an "escalating humanitarian emergency".
Now that the government has lost a vote in the House of Representatives, are we going to see that banking royal commission that Labor and the crossbench have been pushing so hard for?
Eric Abetz and the right have long tried to have GetUp taken off the political map, and have resorted to some pretty interesting tactics.
At what point, if any, does religious conviction corrupt expert opinion?
The "Iran Deal" has been long been described by Donald Trump as the "worst deal ever". So what does his refusal to re-certify the agreement mean?
Whenever the government runs into opposition from someone claiming it has broken the rules, the solution is simple: just rewrite the rules.
The number of applications to terminate agreements across industries has exploded in recent years. And there's one company largely responsible for this trend.
Rose McGowan got her account suspended in the aftermath of her Harvey Weinstein related tweet-storm. But just how easy or hard is it to get yourself kicked off Twitter?
We've heard all sorts of view from people claiming to represent God's will in the marriage equality debate. But just where do all the major religions stand on marriage equality?
